Being on maternity leave these past six weeks has not only given me a chance to bond with our new baby, but also to spend lots of time with our first child, which has proven to be a very fun and special time. We've done all kinds of things around town, and have naturally come to a list of our favorites.
- Parks
Cost: Free
Location: Many scattered throughout St. Joseph
Conveniently, my maternity leave occurred during a time of year that generally has decent weather. That's given both Pete and me the chance to accompany Caroline to the Lincoln Elementary School playground and the Tiny Tots park quite a bit. - Library
Cost: Free
Location: 500 Market Street, St. Joe
I think the last thing Caroline is concerned about while at the library is finding a book. She plays with the puzzles, builds with blocks, plays with the train set, studies the beach wall mural... and then, maybe, picks out a book. That part is usually my job. - Silver Beach Carousel
Cost: Depends on # of rides. We typically do 7 rides for $10
Location: 333 Broad Street, St. Joe
After just a single trip to the Silver Beach Carousel, there became rarely a day in which Caroline doesn't ask to go bye-bye to ride the "neigh's." She loves it, and since I accompany her, I don't need to purchase tokens for myself. 
Curious Kids' Museum
Cost: $6/person June thru Labor Day weekend. $4/person non-summer days
Location: 415 Lake Boulevard, St. Joe
The increased summertime entrance fee is the downside to living in a touristy location, in addition to the fact that it's usually packed in the summer as well. But in the non-summer months, it's great. Caroline loves the volcano slide, the apple orchard exhibit, and the Toddle Farm.- Celebration Cinema
Cost: $6/person for first matinee. It only gets worse after that...
Location: 1468 Cinema Way, Benton Harbor
Caroline enjoyed seeing a movie in the theatre for the most part, but not enough to justify us doing this very often. Not until she gets older anyway.
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St.Joe is so awesome!! :-)
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